Frankfurter slicer



DBC 5, 1967 F. c. PRISET 3,356,118

FRANKFURTER SLI CER Filed April 23, 1965 TP'Ue/VE YS.

United States Patent() M 3,356,118 FRANKFURTER SLICER Francis C. Priset,R.D. 1, Painted Post, N.Y. 14870 Filed Apr. 23, 1965, Ser. No. 450,282 7Claims. (Cl. 146--72) ABSTRACT F THE DISCLOSURE A slicer comprising abase plate, a knife pivoted to said base plate, clamping means on saidbase plate aligned wit-l1 said knife and presenting an opening toreceive said knife.

This invention relates to a slicer for cuting frankfurters and similarelongated food articles lengthwise.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a practical,easily operated, and accurately slicing device of the kind indicated,which has frankfurter clamping means for holding a frankfurter or thelike centered relative to a pivoted knife, the clampin-g means beingadjustable for frankfurters of different diameters.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a device of the invention, showing theknife in elevated position;

FIGURE 2 is -a right -hand end elevation of FIGURE l;

FIGURE 3 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 3-3 of FIGURE 4;and

FIGURE 4 is a top plan view of the device.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the illustrated device comprises aflat elongated base plate 10, having first and second ends 12 and 14,respectively. A pair of opposed L-shaped brackets 16 have theirhorizontal flanges 18 secured upon the base plate, adjacent to the firstend 12 thereof, as by means of screws 20. The vertical flanges 22 of thebrackets 16 are parallel spaced from each other, and are traversed, attheir upper ends, by -a pivot bolt 24.

An elongated flat knife blade 26, longer than the base plate 10, has astraight, sharpened lower cutting edge 28. The first end 30 of the blade26 extends between and beyond the vertical flanges 22 of the brackets16, and is centrally journalled on the pivot bolt 24. The first end 3)and the adjacent part of the lower edge of the blade 26 are rounded, asindicated at 32, for purposes of clearance with the upper surface 34 ofthe base plate, -as the blade is elevated, and elimination of aninjurious projection. At the second end of the blade, the lower edge ofthe blade is upwardly bevelled, as indicated at 36, to define a tang 38,to the opposite sides of which are secured convex handle members 40,defining a handle 42, which reaches beyond the second end 14 of the baseplate 10.

A frankfurter clamping assembly 44 is disposed on the upper surface 34of the base plate 10, beneath and in line with the blade 26. Theassembly 44 comprises a pair of opposed, similar frankfurter holdingclamps 46, which comprise facing and spaced concave or convex ears 4S,having, on their lower ends, laterally outwardly extending innerhorizontal flanges 50, spaced upwardly from the upper surface 34 of thebase plate. The inner horizontal flanges 50 merge downwardly, asindicated at 52, into outer laterally upwardly extending horizontalflanges 54. The outer flanges 54 bear upon and are secured upon theupper surface 34, as by means of screws 56.

The -clamps 46 are located on the base plate 10, near to and inlongitudinally spaced relationship to the knife brackets 16, with thespace between the clamps 46 in line with the blade 26.

The clamping assembly 44 further comprises a pair of longitudinallyelongated, parallel, and laterally spaced, and laterally adjustablefrankfurter centering bars 58. The bars 58, as indicated in FIGURES 2and 4, are flat and are of vertical cross-section, such that they arefrictional- 3,356,1 18 Patented Dec. 5, 1967 ly engaged with the uppersurface 34 of the base plate 10, and the undersurfaces of the innerflanges 50 of the clamps 46.

The centering bars 58, comprise parallel sided main portion-s 60, whichare of a length to extend longitudinally, from a point near to andspaced from the second end 14 of the base plate 10, to a point midwaybetween the knife brackets 16 and the clamps 46. At their ends adjacentto the knife brackets 16, the centering bars 58 have op posed, laterallyinwardly reaching extensions 62, which have arcuate concave edges 64,which merge into the laterally inward edges y66 of the bars. The concaveedges 64, as indicated in FIGURE 4, are adapted to conform' ably engagethe underside of the convex end 68 of a frankfurter F, disposed 'betweenthe clamps 46 and the centering bars 58, and bearing upon the latter.

By loosening the screws 56 which hold the clamps 46 in place, the clamps46 may be elevated, relative to the centering bars 58, so that thelatter can be adjusted, toward and away from each other, foraccommodating frankfurters of different diameters. When such anadjustment has been made, retightening of the screws 56 holds theadjustment.

In order to prevent the cutting edge of the blade 26 from harmfullystriking the upper surface 34 of the base plate 10, on a downwardlycutting stroke of the blade, a stop screw 70 is threaded into the upperface of the base plate 10, near its second end 14, in line with theblade, the head 72 of the screw 7l) being disposed on a level above thebase plate surface 34, for engagement by the blade edge 28, as shown inFIGURE 3.

In use and operation, a frankfurter F having been positioned between theclamps 46 and the adjusted centering bars 58, with the blade 26, in anelevated position, the frankfurter is cut into two similar halves,simply by depressing the blade until it contacts the stop screw 70.

What is claimed is:

1. A slicer for a frankfurter having a convex end, said slicercomprising a base plate having an upper surface, a frankfurter clampingand centering assembly mounted upon said upper surface and extendingtherealong, and a knife blade pivoted at one end on the base plateadjacent one end of said assembly, said assembly including means torestrain upward movement of the frankfurter when the knife is withdrawn.

2. A slicer according to claim 1, wherein said assembly comprises a pairof laterally spaced and opposed clamps through which a frankfurter isadapted to be engaged lengthwise, the blade being adapted to bedepressed between the clamp for slicing the frankfurter.

3. A slicer according to claim 2, wherein in said assembly there areprovided laterally spaced centering bars having laterally inwardlyextending extension at one end therefore for conforming engagement withthe convex end of a frankfurter disposed between and upon the bars.

4. A Slicer according to claim 3, wherein said assembly includes meansassociated with the clamps for clamping the centering bars in laterallyadjusted position of the bars relative to each other.

5. A slicer of the character described, comprising a flat base platehaving an upper surface and first and second ends, bracket meansupstanding on the base plate at said first end, an elongated bladepivoted at one end on said bracket means, said blade having a handle onits other end, a pair of opposed and facing laterally spaced clampsupstanding on said base plate near to and spaced from said bracketmeans, the space between said clamps being aligned with the blade,screws securing said clamps upon the upper surface of the base plate,said clamps having horizontal flanges placed upwardly from said uppersurface, a pair of longitudinally elongated frankfurter centering barslying upon said upper surface, said bars being laterally spaced fromeach other and engaged between the anges of the clarnps and the uppersurface of the base plate, said screws being' adapted to be tightened t0clamp said bars between the anges and the upper surface of the baseplate and being adapted to be loosened to enable adjusting the barstoward and away from each other.

6. A slicer according to claim 5, wherein said centering bars have firstends disposed between said bracket means and the said clamps and secondends located close to the l second end of the base plate, said rst endsof the bars having laterally inwardly reaching extensions. 7. A sliceraccording to claim 5, wherein said base plate has an upstanding stopadjacent to its second end, and said blade has a lower cutting edgeadapted to engage the stop in the depressed position of the blade.

References Cited y UNITED STATES PATENTS 332,403 12/1885 Leduc 17-92,520,000 8/ 1950 Dettman 146-72 2,984,007 5/1961 Lundin 146-140 X3,018,806 1/1962 Moore 146-72 X W. GRAYDON ABERCROMBIE, PrimaryExaminer`

1. A SLICER FOR A FRANKFURTER HAVING A CONVEX END, SAID SLICERCOMPRISING A BASE PLATE HAVING AN UPPER SURFACE, A FRANKFURTER CLAMPINGAND CENTERING ASSEMBLY MOUNTED UPON SAID UPPER SURFACE AND EXTENDINGTHEREALONG, AND A KNIFE BLADE PIVOTED AT ONE END ON THE BASE PLATEADJACENT ONE END OF SAID ASSEMBLY, SAID ASSEMBLY INCLUDING MEANS TORESTRAIN UPWARD MOVEMENT OF THE FRANKFURTER WHEN THE KNIFE IS WITHDRAWN.